Vanessa LoBue
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Child Study Center at Rutgers University, USAAbout the author:
My research focuses on human behavioral responses to emotionally valenced stimuli—specifically to negative or threatening stimuli—and the mechanisms guiding the development of these responses. More specifically, I examine how early perceptual biases for threat contribute to maladaptive avoidance behaviors, such as those associated with the development of fear and anxiety, and how cognition contributes to children’s learning of adaptive avoidance responses, such as avoidance of contagious people or contaminated objects.
Other information:
I have authored one book and have one edited volume. I also wrote a BOLD blog in the past.